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Creating Change, Achieving Justice
Marriott Wardman Park Washington, DC
November 19 - 22, 2008
2008 Award Information
Reginald Heber Smith Award
Denison Ray Award
Emery A. Brownell Award
Arthur von Briesen Award
2007 Awards
How to Submit a Nomination
AWARD NOMINATIONS DUE SEPTEMBER 10TH!
AWARD STATEMENT
The Reginald Heber Smith Award, given annually, recognizes the dedicated services and outstanding achievements of a civil legal aid attorney or an indigent defense attorney while employed by an organization supporting such services. The “Reggie” is named for a former counsel at the Boston Legal Aid Society and the author of Justice and the Poor, published by the Carnegie Foundation in 1919.
AWARD ELIGIBILITY AND CRITERIA
A person is eligible to be recognized for service as a civil legal aid attorney or an indigent defense attorney while employed by an organization supporting such service. The award may be given up to two years after the attorney’s termination of employment from the organization. The person must meet one or more of the following criteria:
- The attorney has provided extraordinary and successful legal advocacy on behalf of clients who could not otherwise afford counsel.
- The attorney has significantly advanced the cause of equal justice for individual clients or low-income communities.
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The attorney exemplifies, through his or her record of exceptional advocacy, leadership and dedication, the very best the equal justice community has to offer.
AWARD STATEMENT
The Denison Ray Award, awarded biennially, honors an individual who has provided exceptional service to the legal aid community as a staff member, client board member or volunteer of a provider program. The “Denny” is named for a career legal aid activist who served as executive director of legal services programs in Missouri, Maine, North Carolina and New York and was a long-time leader of the Project Advisory Group.
AWARD ELIGIBILITY AND CRITERIA
A person who has provided at least five (5) years of service to the legal aid community as a staff member, a client board member or a volunteer of legal aid program will be eligible for the “Denny” award. The person must meet one or more of the following criteria:
- The individual has made extraordinary contributions to the goal of achieving equal justice for low-income people.
- The individual has demonstrated leadership in a local, state or national role and has acted as a mentor for others.
- The individual has set an inspirational example of industriousness, creativity and determination in his/her legal aid work.
- The individual exhibits a passionate quest for fairness and equality and a history of commitment to equal justice.
AWARD STATEMENT
The Emery A. Brownell Award, awarded biennially, gives national recognition to newspapers, magazines, filmmakers, and television and radio stations that have informed the public about the crucial role played by civil legal aid or defender organizations in ensuring equal justice for those who cannot afford counsel. This award commemorates Emery Brownell, who was NLADA’s executive director from 1940 until his death in 1961.
AWARD ELIGIBILITY AND CRITERIA
Entries of media coverage, including print, audio and audiovisual coverage, will be eligible if they have appeared during the two years preceding th award nomination deadline, and meet one or more of the following award criteria:
- Inform and educate the public about the need for legal services to persons who have traditionally been denied such assistance
- Foster a greater understanding of the lawyer’s role in the resolution of disputes, particularly those involving persons who traditionally have been denied access to justice
- Bring attention to the importance of the constitutional right to counsel in criminal proceedings
- Bring attention to the need for civil legal assistance of low-income people and communities
AWARD STATEMENT
The Arthur von Briesen Award, given biennially, honors a private attorney who has made substantial volunteer contributions in support of the delivery of civil legal aid or indigent defense representation. The award celebrates the achievements of the first president of NLADA.
AWARD ELIGIBILITY AND CRITERIA
A person is eligible to be recognized for service in a volunteer capacity as a private attorney, and must meet one or more of the following criteria:
- The attorney has provided extraordinary and successful legal advocacy on behalf of clients who could not otherwise afford counsel.
- The attorney has significantly advanced the cause of equal justice for individual clients or low-income communities.
- The attorney exemplifies, through his or her record of exceptional advocacy, leadership, and dedication, the very best the private bar has to offer in pro bono service to the cause of justice for all.
NOMINATION PROCESS
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NOMINATION PROCESS:
- Please visit http://www.mynlada.org.
- Click the link "Create a new account" in order to make a login and password.
- Once you log in to the site, review the Award Nomination Guidelines
- Proceed to submit your award nomination.
AWARD NOMINATIONS DUE SEPTEMBER 10TH!
If you would prefer to submit your nomination by mail, you can download the
Awards Nomination Form
(pdf, 133 Kb)
here.
To view the complete Award Nomination Guidelines and descriptions of each award, please download the
Awards Nomination Information Packet
(pdf, 167 Kb)
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Congratulations to the winners of NLADA’s 2007 Annual Awards!!
Charles Dorsey Award
The 2007 recipient of the Charles Dorsey Award is Stuart Andrews of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. The Charles Dorsey Award is given biennially to an individual who has provided extraordinary and dedicated service to the equal justice community and to organizations that promote expanding and improving access to justice for low-income people. To be eligible to receive this award, an individual must have demonstrated a commitment to equal justice for all through service as an officer, board or committee member of a national or statewide organization devoted to fulfilling the promise of equal justice.
Clara Shortridge Foltz Award
The 2007 recipient of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Award is the Public Defender’s Office of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida (PD-11). The Clara Shortridge Foltz Award commends a public defender program or defense delivery system for outstanding achievement in the provision of indigent defense services. The achievement may be the result of an effort by the entire program, a division or branch or a special project. This award was named for the founder of the nation's public defender system. Foltz, California's first woman lawyer introduced the "Foltz Defender Bill" at the Congress of Jurisprudence and Law Reform in Chicago in 1893.
Mary Ellen Hamilton Award
Awarded biennially, the Mary Ellen Hamilton Award honors clients who, on a compensated or volunteer basis, have provided extraordinary service or support to the delivery of legal services to the poor. The award honors one of the founders of the National Clients Council and the Alliance for Legal Rights. Mary Ellen Hamilton served on NLADA’s board of directors and remained an active member of the Alliance until her death in 1985.
The winners of the Mary Ellen Hamilton Award are Amelia Nieto and Peggy Santos. Amelia Nieto is a board member of the Legal Aid Foundation (LAFLA) of Los Angeles and director of Centro Shalom. A board member of LAFLA since 1999, she previously sat on the board of the Legal Aid Foundation of Long Beach until the two programs merged. Peggy Santos is a board member of the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (MLAC). Santos has been involved in social justice activities for more than 35 years and more than 25 years with legal services activities.
Reginald Heber Smith Award
The 2007 recipient of the Reginald Heber Smith Award is Mona Tawatao, regional counsel with Legal Services of Northern California (LSNC). The Reginald Heber Smith Award recognizes the dedicated service and outstanding achievements of a civil legal aid attorney or indigent defense attorney while employed by an organization supporting such services. The “Reggie” is named for a former counsel at the Boston Legal Aid Society and the author of Justice and the Poor, published by the Carnegie Foundation in 1919.
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(Read more about all of the NLADA Awards and view lists of past winners.)
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